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A Krobo girl undertaking Dipo ceremony. The Krobo people are an ethnic group in Ghana. They are grouped as part of Ga-Adangbe ethnolinguistic group and they are also the largest group of the seven Dangme ethnic groups of Southeastern Ghana. The Krobo are a farming people who occupy Accra Plains, Akuapem Mountains and the Afram Basin. [1]
For the Shai and Krobo people, the Dipo is the formal rite of passage. Originally designed as a formal marriage training for mature women in their twenties, [ 9 ] Dipo has evolved into a pre-marital sexual purification [ 10 ] rite that involves teenage girls conducting traditional religious rituals and putting on dance performances for the public.
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Krobo Edusei with David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. Krobo Edusei (26 December 1914 – 13 February 1984) [1] [2] was a Ghanaian politician and a member of Kwame Nkrumah's government. . He was a popular, outspoken and prominent Ashanti activist galvanising support amongst the Ashantis for Nkrumah's independence movem
The Yilo Krobo constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana.The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Albert Tetteh Nyakotey. [1] He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 4,687 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency election to become the MP. [2]
Nene Sakite I (died in 1892 in Odumase Krobo) was the second Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo and reigned 1867 until his death in 1892. [1] [2] He was succeeded by Emmanuel Mate Kole who ruled Manya Krobo from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was born in Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
[1] [2] He was succeeded by Sakite I, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1867 until his death in 1890. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1855, two Basel Missionaries , Johannes Zimmerman and C. W. Locher travelled to Odumase in the state of Krobo, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of the Ghanaian capital, Accra , where they were warmly welcomed by Odonkor Azu, who entrusted one ...
Nene Sakite II (born in Odumase) is the fifth and reigning Konor, or paramount chief, of the Manya Krobo, enstooled in 1999. [1] [2] [3] His predecessor was Azzu Mate Kole II, who ruled Manya Krobo from 1939 until his death in 1990. [1] [2] There was an interregnum in Manya Krobo between 1990 and 1999 due to chieftaincy succession disputes. [3] [4]